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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Q find ridiculous about Becca?
2. What does Ben suggest about the poem lines about a door?
3. Why does Q call Ben when he and Margo leave the first house they break into?
4. What mystifies Lacey about Margo?
5. Who does Q say are his enemies?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lacey want when she approaches Q at school?
2. About what does Q fantasize concerning Margo as he is going through her room for clues, and what does he decide to do?
3. What do Margo and Q do at the SunTrust Building?
4. Why do Q and Ben take off the hinges of Margo's door and what do they find?
5. What does Q ask Margo to do after the Sea World adventure and how does he feel?
6. Describe Radar and his relationship to Q.
7. How does Margo offer to reward Q and what is his response?
8. What is the parting scene like between Margo and Q at the end of the night?
9. How does Q handle the problems with the school bullies?
10. Why are things chaotic at school and what are a couple incidents that happen as a result?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Paper Towns. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of fitting in in Paper Towns. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to fit into their social structure? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of change in Paper Towns. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with change? Why? What are some symbols of change? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
4. Trace and analyze the theme of authenticity in Paper Towns. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with being authentic? Why? What are some symbols of authenticity? Symbols of falsehood? What characters seem authentic?
Essay Topic 2
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think Paper Towns is? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of John Green.
2. What in Green's background may have helped him in writing Paper Towns? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
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